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<p>The following table shows the amount of outstanding child maintenance arrears.
This has been split into that which was arranged by the CMS, and maintenance which
was arranged under the Child Support Agency (CSA), which is either still held on CSA
systems or the arrears have been transitioned to the CMS to be collected.</p><p> </p><p>The
data for outstanding arrears under the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is up to the
end of March 2019. The data for outstanding arrears under the Child Support Agency
(CSA), still held on CSA systems, is up to the end of December 2018. Figures are rounded
to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Outstanding
CMS arrears, up to March 2019</p></td><td><p>Outstanding CSA arrears, now transitioned
to CMS, up to March 2019</p></td><td><p>Outstanding CSA arrears, still held on CSA
systems up to December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>£356,000</p></td><td><p>£1,066,000</p></td><td><p>£2,797,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£1,501,000</p></td><td><p>£3,704,000</p></td><td><p>*£13,086,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£20,269,000</p></td><td><p>£50,872,000</p></td><td><p>*£168,180,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* Figures are published in the regional tables of the Child Support Agency
Quarterly Summary of Statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-december-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-december-2018</a></p><p>
</p><p>Note: data from arrears held on the CMS systems is based on Paying Parent address,
whereas data held on the CSA systems is based on receiving parent address.</p>
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